Tropical shearwater
| Tropical shearwater | |
|---|---|
| in Réunion | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Puffinus |
| Species: | P. bailloni |
| Binomial name | |
| Puffinus bailloni Bonaparte, 1857 | |
| Subspecies | |
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The tropical shearwater (Puffinus bailloni) is a seabird in the family Procellariidae formerly considered conspecific with Audubon's shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri).